2012 Review: Returned from shoulder surgery that ended his 2011 season to lead the Padres with 33 starts and 218 2/3 innings. Finished 14-14 with a 3.99 ERA, although he led the National League with 31 home runs allowed. Richard made a midseason adjustment in his delivery to get more ground balls, enabling him to extend his innings pitched. He finished fourth in the N.L. in innings pitched.

2013 Forecast: Padres are again counting on Richard to be an innings eater at the top of the rotation. Working on keeping the ball lower in the strike zone to get more grounders and reduce homers.

2013 Salary: $5.240 million.

Did you know? Was also a quarterback at the University of Michigan (2003-04) and was the Wolverines’ first two-sport baseball player since 1998-99.

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EDINSON VOLQUEZ

Position: Starting pitcher

B / T: R / R

Ht. / Wt.: 6-0 / 222

Age / M.L. Exp: 29 / 5 years, 59 game days

2012 Review: Volquez was 11-11 with a 4.14 ERA in 2012 while equaling his career high of 32 starts. Rival hitters batted only .236 against Volquez, which was the ninth-best mark in the National League. But he led the league by issuing 105 walks. The walks and pitches-per-inning figures were reasons why Volquez was limited to 182 2/3 innings. 2013 Forecast: Padres pitching coach Darren Balsley wanted to work with Volquez this spring on pitching more off his fastball and reducing his walk and pitch count. But Volquez was away from the Padres camp for three weeks while helping the Dominican Republic win the World Baseball Classic.

2013 Salary: $5.275 million.

Did you know? Volquez was the opening-game starter for the Dominican Republic in all three rounds of the WBC.

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JASON MARQUIS

Position: Starting pitcher

B / T: L / R

Ht. / Wt.: 6-1 / 220

Age / M.L. Exp: 34 / 12 years, 12 game days

2012 Review: Made 15 starts for the Padres after signing with the club as a minor league free agent on May 31. Marquis, who had been released by the Twins, was 6-7 with a 4.04 ERA with the Padres before his season was ended on Aug. 21 by a line drive back to the mound that broke a bone at the base of his left thumb. The Padres were 8-7 in his starts. The Padres re-signed Marquis as a free agent last December.

2013 Forecast: Marquis has been working to improve his changeup, giving the fastball-slider pitcher another weapon. He is No. 3 in the rotation coming out of spring training.

2013 Salary: $3 million.

Did you know? Each of Marquis’ past two seasons have ended with a fracture suffered on a line drive back to the mound.